(07-12-2021, 01:06 PM)Steve kay Wrote: Jolly chaps, Angles and Celts. Very sporting too, at the end of Saxon Straight the Colchester Circuit had Pedant’s Corner where Boudicca had a nasty spin in her chariot one year. Unaccountably, all the other competitors were slowed down by slight problems, allowing the queen to recover and cross the line in first position.
Did not the stewards later rule that contra to FIA Reg 13 (a) iib that the sword blades fitted to her chariot hubs, exceeded the permitted length, and fined her 500 groats, five head of cattle, and made her winner's points forfeit? As a result therefore, it was the second-, third- and fourth-placed yeomen who enjoyed the spraying of mead on the stone plinth, whilst she looked on...
(Methinks gadzooks, this particular faery story should be switched to Comedy Section perhaps - but only if it's funny...?)
(07-12-2021, 05:56 PM)Duncan Grimmond Wrote: Actually it should be Which Tyler...But Duncan, I was only asking Tyler a question )as per H.M who would never say Pardon?).
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